Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-02-04
Temperance Notes.

The saloon is the devil fish of cs7z re-
public, whose long arms three s4aza 81,
strangle the life Of our nation.
AN illustrated edition of Miss WA1a.Ets
"Ninstssns Beautiful Years" has apsxI4upSt
from leading pablishing house in Lo0ssens-
THERE hos been an increase Of. sat. INC
in. the valuation Of household furniture Ir
Atlanta, Ga, this year. That dssss, nsst
!. az though prohibition he'd 4'aiafa.es@
How TO Win," Miss Wizards Iassass
book, 10 now in its secend edition. II as.
doing what the .Ghristiam of I.sssaisf,se
prophesied it would do: Creating ,e~pas-
ton in girl literature, aS. we'll as in 7aa11ss =.
girl hfe."
Hon. w. s. ROWLAND was re-sa4s-t..sa
Mayor Of Toronto, Ont, by the ycsas es
the women Of that city. Toronto is szssiss TO
be the best governed city in the wczaS- as
the Mayor and Council are ro.ninent tsrs,-
perance men.
THERE has not been saloon fss,. fa4s
sale of intoxcants in Hancock County, a--
Va, for over forty years, and it is alsts sE7ss
that during the year 1885 the grs.usf jury
did not find single Indictment, and fsae,xn
was not q single prisoner i'll. the WsUnsy-
Jail during the year.
M. CHEvREuL, the distinguished Fs.sras,sa
chemist and philosopher, has just corss ,ssa-
ed his hundredth yeer. Until within u fe~-
months he was never prevented a day By
illness or mtirmity from doing his WORK
He ascribes his long life and perfee. hssaasts
to the fact Of his never having tasted ans
kind Of liquor or smoked a pipe OF ciesss.
NINE thousand meals and 6,0Uu nsshttt'
lodgings were given during the mont. sf
December blythe. Mission Inn and E..xstu-
raitsanniincted by the Central w. C.. x T.
of Chicago. The influence exerted by afse
mission in the "black hole" of thar slas i.
simply wonderful. The day nurs cry cares
for over 500 children Of working Wsnse,s
each month. Its kindergarten gathers IN
and teaches about eighty little waits slols-:
while ut the nightly gospel service 0uSsfs
love and pardoning power is proclaimed. II,
hundreds Of lost souls :.
The success which ha; attended tbx. vi
ternoon temperanc meeting, in Fox sss,.
and New York has led to their inauguration
m Chicago by Rev. j. Bolton, pa, tor c r ts.e-
Clark ntreatM. E. Church, in which the.
are to be held, J. B. Hobbs and nsas,ss.sr
Of other leading gentlemen. The, first ,s,ss
was addressed by Miss Frances T.. VII.
lard Some of the most prominent asns--
perance advocates in this conntry,. Huxis
partisan and nom partisan, will be ss.russa
for these meetings. Mrs. Clara Ho4Tn.ns.,
of Missouri, one Of the most able Of n1s,
many able w. G. T. U. lecturers, villa slyas
one of her telling addresses. within q few.
weeks.
A REPRESENTATIVE of one Of the hR-
gest breweries in the city gives the follow
ing figures: The quantity of beer sold ar,-
nnally in the city of Chicago is, ozA ne
average, 1850, Qy0 barrels, Of which STA
GOO are sold BY the Milwaukee b1esre1ss
represented heNe. This quantity yx.1ss
624, 100000 glasses of beer. Taking 1hs
population OF the city at 100000, the aver
age would be 500 glasses of beer q year
for each individual, man. woman aaaE
child; the saloon keepers pay to the brew
ers about $9, 36O. 600 q year. Placing his
number of saloons at ), $50, which pay L.
cense of 81, 785, 900 year, the license fs.
each barrel would come to Sl.l4-~
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